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Partner
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Nine
Gates Mystery School
We
are living in the most auspicious of times, when it's
absolutely possible to turn the energy of this planet
upside down -- not the 2012 predictions of pole reversals,
but rather a new prediction of living from the inside
out, awake, vital, and consciously co-creating. Living
this way requires courage and honesty and deep compassion.
For
over 24 years, IONS members have participated in an
experiential journey called the Nine Gates Mystery School,
offered by our partner Nine Gates Programs. The Mystery
School offers an opening into the great mysteries at
the heart of consciousness -- the great mystery of the
Divine Human.
The
next School:
- Part
1: April 25- May 4, Santa Barbara, CA
- Part
2: Sept 19-28, Lucerne Valley, CA
"I'd
lived largely in my head, which is true for a lot of
people at Noetics. Mystery School opened up a whole
other dimension for me. It moved me out of my head and
into energy-and opened me again to dimensions of life
and what is real." --Wink Franklin, Former IONS President
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Event
Spotlight |
Imagery, Suggestion, and Mind/Body Medicine: 2008
May 15-18, 2008
20th Annual Conference of the Academy
for Guided Imagery: A Global Webcast Premier Broadcast
IONS members can save $145 by registering before 3/20/08
During
this groundbreaking webcast, the originators and long-time
developers, researchers, teachers, and practitioners
of ancient and modern imagery-related techniques will
share their unique and extensive expertise, wisdom,
and experience through formal presentations and interactive
interviews.
Presenters
include IONS' International Advisory Board member Dean
Ornish, MD; David E. Bresler, PhD, LAc; James S. Gordon,
MD; Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD; Emmett Miller, MD;
Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc); Martin Rossman, MD;
Francine Shapiro, PhD; and David S. Sobel, MD, MPH.
Members
and friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences are
eligible for a 10% discount off conference registration
fees when they enter the IONS' Co-Sponsor Discount Code:
INS0508 on the Webcast Registration Form. If you register
before March 20, 2008, and use this IONS Discount Code,
you can save $145 off the regular conference registration
fee.
To
obtain further information, to download an online copy
of the Conference Brochure, or to register for the webcast,
go to: www.acadgi.com.
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IONS
Retreat Center Events |
Wisdom
Healing Retreat
March 1, 2008
Petaluma, California
Qigong practitioners of all levels, body workers
and those that are health-conscious are invited
to join us for this journey towards optimal health.
No previous qigong experience is required.
Malcolm
Cohan - Vision Statement Videos:To Refine and Tell
Our Purpose
March 4, 2008
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner and presentation by the Australian
Movie Director that has helped thousands follow
their passion by teaching them how to see their
own vision in YouTube - www.visionstatement.org.au
Understand
Your Mind, Understand Your Life: Be Happy, Loved,
Successful
March 8, 2008
Petaluma, California
Adele Tartaglia (Bd Cert. Regression Therapist,
Ericksonian Hypnotherapist) leads experiential
exercises for locating and deleting self sabotaging
patterns and beliefs, forgiveness and releasement,
clearing cellular memory.
Michael
Ben-Eli, Ph.D. - Sustainability: The Five Core Principles
March 31, 2008
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner & presentation by a leading international
consultant and sustainability educator who was a
close associate of Buckminster Fuller - www.bfi-internal.org
Marilyn
Mandala Schlitz, Cassandra Vieten, Tina Amorok:
Living Deeply
April 8, 2008
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner and presentation by the authors of
Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation
in Everyday Life.
Joseph
Burkes, MD - Secrets of the ET Contact Underground
April 24, 2008
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner followed by a presentation by one
of our most insightful investigators of human initiated
contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence - www.contactunderground.com
West
Coast Mystery School: The Mystery of Deep Partnership
May
2-4, 2008
September
12-14, 2008
October
10-12, 2008
December
5-7, 2008
Petaluma, California
with Jean Houston &
Peggy Rubin
Beginning with spiritual partnership in the form
of the Beloved of the Soul, we explore the path
of intimate companionship, finding ways of bestowing
this miraculous capacity on all our relations.
Artist's
Reception with Fariba Bogzaran
May 10, 2008
Petaluma, California
An Exhibit of paintings by Fariba Bogzaran, artist
and founder of JFKU's Dream Studies Program, will
be on view at IONS through May 31st. A reception
with the artist will take place on May 10th, from
4 to 6pm.
Living
Deeply Workshop Intensive
May 23-25, 2008
Petaluma, California
This workshop blends the rigors of science with the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions. Join IONS research staff as they offer key insights from their decade-long research study of how people transform their lives.
Grandparents'
Weekend at IONS
July 4-6, 2008
Petaluma, California
A chance for grandparents and great-grandparents
to spend quality one-on-one time with a grandchild
between the age of 8 and 18. This retreat is a collaboration
between IONS and Neale Donald Walsch's School of
the New Spirituality.
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Special
Events |
Michel
Bauwens: Founder of the Foundation for P2P Alternatives
March 6, 2008
Walnut Creek, California
Michel Bauwens: Founder of the Foundation for P2P
Alternatives - Peer To Peer As A New Way Of Living
- Technology is reflecting a change of consciousness
towards participation, and is in turn strengthening
it.
An
Evening Talk and/or an Afternoon Intensive with
Eckhart Tolle
March 7-8, 2008
San Rafael, California
With his international bestseller The Power
of Now, Eckhart Tolle introduced millions to
the joy and freedom of a life lived in complete
presence. Now you are invited to experience this
visionary teacher in a live, face-to-face encounter.
Here is a rare opportunity to be drawn into the
"spaciousness that words can only point to" by the
vibrant, conscious presence of Eckhart Tolle himself.
Living
Deeply Discussion and Book Signing with Marilyn
Schlitz, PhD
March 11, 2008
Mill Valley, California
Discussion & book signing for the book Living
Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in
Everyday Life with book co-author and IONS
VP of Research and Education, Marilyn Mandala Schlitz,
PhD.
Edgar
D. Mitchell: Keynote speaker, 4th Annual Exopolitics
Conference
April 18, 2008
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell will address the
Exopolitics Conference in Washington, DC, where
dozens of international experts will present evidence
and testimony of extensive ongoing contact with
non-human conscious beings.
Living
Deeply Workshop Intensive
May 3, 2008
Santa Monica, California
This workshop blends the rigors of science with
the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions.
Join IONS' research staff as they offer key insights
from their decade-long research study of how people
transform their lives.
Living
Deeply Workshop Intensive
June 6-8, 2008
Techny, Illinois
This workshop blends the rigors of science with
the deep wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions.
Join IONS' research staff as they offer key insights
from their decade-long research study of how people
transform their lives.
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Products
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VISIT
THE BLEEPSTORE Information • Community •
Networking
At
Bleepstore.com
you can find inspiring, enlightening, and intriguing
books, music, videos and more. PLUS there are monthly
articles online about the latest in
Consciousness
studies • Science • Green living •
Alternative health • Conscious parenting
There
are also articles and book and movie reviews from The
Bleeping Herald as well as The
Global Intelligencer.
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Media
Spotlight |
The
2007 Shift Report: Evidence of a World Transforming
You can still get a PDF or hard copy of
last year's Shift Report at the Bleepstore.
The
2007 Shift Report: Evidence of a World Transforming
attempts to chart the transition we believe is underway
from a rigid, mechanistic, and materialistic worldview
to one that is built on a foundation of interconnectedness,
cooperation, and the intersection of science and spirituality.
Readers
have been raving about the power of this report and
its potential to create real change.
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| From the Editor |
|   Stephen
Dinan /
This
month marks the beginning of our Great Shift
campaign, which brings together the most visionary leaders
we can find to dialogue about how we can create a Great
Shift in the years ahead.
Deepak
Chopra, Ervin Laszlo, Neale Donald Walsch, Shiva Rea,
Michael Bernard Beckwith, and dozens more - it's a stellar
cast delivering inspiring wisdom, and it's available
to all Shift in Action partners, with new releases every
week. If you are not yet a member, you can join for
a trial month for only $1.
www.jointhegreatshift.com
Also
this month, we are delighted to release our 2008
Shift Report: Changing the Story of Our Future.
It builds upon the depth and power of the 2007 Report
and explores exciting new terrain, with more details
below. Members will receive it this month as a replacement
for Shift #18. If you sign up for membership
now, you will receive the 2008 Shift Report
in your trial month of Shift in Action. You can also
buy extra copies to share with friends and opinion-makers
at BleepStore.
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| The
Edge |
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month we share an article from one of the great pioneers
of consciousness: "To Shift or Not to Shift," by Ervin
Laszlo.
"Had
he lived today, Hamlet would affirm with more conviction
than ever: the question is, to be or not to be. He would
be right. But it is not the skull of an individual that
Hamlet would ponder, but the living Earth. Will we survive
on this planet, or become extinct like the dinosaurs?"
 In
the News: "Parapsychology researcher Dean Radin on ESP,
spirituality, and how the consciousness of individuals
is connected," from SFGate.com
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Media |
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Noteworthy
Releases
  Chicago
10 - documents a seminal turning
point of the 1960s. (more)
  The
Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore - Deepak
Chopra breaks new ground with this mystical look
at the legacy of Jesus. (more)
 Happier
Than God: Turn Ordinary Life into an Extraordinary
Experience - by Neale Donald Walsch.
(more)
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WebWatch |
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Conversation
Week - March 24-30 is Conversation
Week and this site assembles the top 100 questions
for our time.
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Shift
in Action / Recent Releases |
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 Our
latest One Minute Shifts
- Dean
Radin - Intentional Chocolate - Details
- Anodea
Judith - Template for Transformation
- Details
  Free
sample from the Shift in Action program
- Michael
Bernard Beckwith and David Hawkins
- Details
Great
Shift Dialogues recently released
- Lynne
McTaggart and Dean Radin
- Shiva
Rea and Andrew Harvey
- Ervin
Laszlo and Peter Russell
- Many
more when you join
Join
Shift in Action today! |
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About
the 2008 Shift Report |
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 The
2008 Shift Report: Changing the Story of Our Future
Shipping
to members now! If you're not a member, you can
join
Shift in Action for a trial month for only
$1 and receive the 2008 Shift Report.
About
the Report
Over the past several decades, new scientific
discoveries along with a surge in grassroots initiatives
addressing social and economic injustices have
begun calling into question the view of the universe-and
essentially of ourselves-as ultimately cold and
mechanistic. Revealing both the mysterious directionality
of the evolving cosmos and the irrepressible humanity
within our own natures, new evidence is emerging
that we are innately capable of far more than
we realize. Yes, the evidence is compelling that
the arc of the human species is on a self-destructive
decline, and yet once the pieces are put together,
there is no denying that another reality is fighting
through the cracks of the dominant narrative.
We are just beginning to tap into our potential
as human beings despite, or perhaps because of,
the multiple crises that we are facing.
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Letter
from President
- Introduction
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Section I: Evolution
& Human Nature
- A
Broadening Understanding of Evolution
- Science
Rediscovers Our Humanity
- The
Other Side of Human Nature
- The
Challenge of Our Time
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Section II: Toward a New Scientific Synthesis
- The
Science of Anomalies
- West
Meets West
- An
Age of Re-Enlightenment?
- Section
III: The Rise of Global Civil Society
- Social
Change - Institutional and Grassroots Movements
- Economics
and Prosperity - Beyond GDP
- Media
and Information: Democratizing Knowledge
and Catalyzing Rapid Shifts
- Section
IV: Internalizing Paradigm Shift
- The
Meditative Heart of the Mind
- The
Compassionate Mind of the Heart
- Participatory
Evolution
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Resources
- About
IONS
Note:
The 2008 Shift Report serves as Shift
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GreenShifting |
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 This
month we highlight IONS' complete shift away from
direct mail (1 million pieces of direct mail each
year saved!) as well as to using recycled paper
for our magazine, which now features:
- Sakura
100 for the cover: 100% post-consumer recycled,
chlorine-free
- New
Leaf Eco Matte interior: 50% de-inked recycled,
FSC certified, processed chlorine-free
- Low
VOC ink
For
more information on New Leaf, the provider of
our paper, visit: www.newleafpaper.com
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Donor
Spotlight |
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 Donor
Spotlight: Mariana Bozesan
Having
grown up poor and spiritually deprived in communist
Romania, IONS Circle member Mariana Bozesan emigrated
to Germany and in the late 1970s embarked on her
journey in the human potential movement. She experienced
a series of spiritual emergencies that completely
altered her life and significantly expanded her
consciousness. In the late 1980s, when she learned
about astronaut Edgar Mitchell's life-transforming
journey, she recognized parallels to her own transformation
and became interested in Institute of Noetic Sciences.
To this day her life's work is closely aligned
with the work and mission of IONS.
For
more information on Mariana Bozesan's Consciousness
Leadership model and Diet for a New Life, see
www.sageera.com.
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Comedy
Corner |
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DEAR
SWAMI
by Swami Beyondananda
"Where
Swami Answers Your Questions - and You Will Question
His Answers" 
Dear
Swami:
I'm concerned. I recently read something you wrote about "Nonjudgment Day" when you predicted that everyone will win beauty contests, and all the lawyers will disappear. Well, I'm an attorney, and frankly, I'm not at all comfortable with my proposed disappearance. I like being here, and I like the law. Hopefully, you and I will be able to settle this misunderstanding amicably out of court.
Sue Dehrpantzoff, Chicago, Illinois
Dear
Sue:
Well, I needed a new suit! The last time this
happened, someone tried to sue me for an inaccurate
prediction under that new law they had passed
in California, that they call the Seersucker
Law: "If you're a sucker for a seer, and what
the seer sees sucks, you can redress your
grievance in a seer-sucker suit." That's why
I don't make predictions anymore. That, and
protecting my nonprophet status.
Anyway,
what I meant to say is, on Nonjudgment Day
we won't need lawyers because all our trials
will be over. Enlightening will strike, and
we will find ourselves innocent! Now of course,
innocent people still have conflicts ... and
here's where you come in. And that is also
where the Bible missed an important point.
After "they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,"
the part they left out is "and they shall
press their lawyers into mediators." It's
in the Akashic Record book, you could look
it up. But who says you have to wait for then?
You can open up franchised one-hour mediation
centers in malls everywhere. You could call
it Just Justice ... "justice in just under
an hour." There. Now I have given you legal
advice, so ... we're even.
©
Copyright 2008 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights
reserved. Swami Beyondananda -- and his hilarious
books and CDs -- can be found online at http://www.wakeuplaughing.com
Ask
Swami your own question. Send it here.
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Monthly
Intention |
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March
Intention:
At the beginning of each month, we encourage you to take a quiet moment to link your intention with people around the world. This month, our intention is to each play our optimal role in the Great Shift of our time by aligning with our deepest truth.
March
Action:
This month, we encourage you to
take one action that more deeply aligns you with
your values, such as sustainability, non-violent
communication, compassion, etc.
March
Question for Reflection:
How would you act
if you were confident that great, positive change
is on the horizon and that we need only welcome
it into each of our lives?
If
you would like to offer an intention for next
month, please send it here.
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